Today I had 2 elementary schools. In the morning I taught 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th grade. At this school, the 1st and 2nd graders were EXTREMELY happy to have English! I mean really really excited! Haha....the moment I walked in the room they all started cheering and ran up to me and grabbed at me. I felt like a celebrity, haha!
We did fruit lessons...so of course we did the classic "Fruit Basket" game. This is always a big hit and an easy game to do as everyone knows the game and it's a lot of fun. So I mentioned that I felt like a celebrity...well at the end of the class period, the students also brought up notebooks and opened up to empty pages...and asked me for my autograph! Haha, I guess they like the idea of having a foreigner's autograph. It was an interesting day.
Then I moved on to my second elementary school in the afternoon where things calmed down...except for one sixth grader told me he wanted to move to America...after marrying me...kinda weird....
Anyway, classes finished and I went by the local grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner. There, I saw the middle school tea lady. She's extremely nice and always prepares excellent food at school. Well, while I was checking out, I had laid down my money to pay for my items. Then she ran over and gave me back my bill and gave the cashier a money certificate that the tea lady had...which paid for my groceries today! How nice! I just stood there surprised and taken aback...not knowing what to do in that moment as the transaction was completed. It all happened so fast and the tea lady insisted on it!
So, today I felt like a celebrity and I'm not going to lie...it felt good! It's also funny, because in the countryside, everyone always wants to know what the "foreigner in town" will eat for dinner. So the tea lady looked inside my grocery bag as we were walking out and was surprised that I could eat "sashimi!" I told her that sushi is one of my favorite foods and she looked at me saying, "I guess you'll have a fancy dinner tonight!"
Ahhh....good times. Well, I'm going to go enjoy my sashimi and eat dinner!
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